Objectives The aims of this review, focused on medical students, residents, and physicians,
were a) to determine the levels of perfectionism and prevalence of impostor phenomenon, b) …

Perfectionism is a risk and maintaining factor for eating disorders, anxiety disorders and
depression. The objective of this paper is to review the four bodies of evidence supporting …

Grounded in decades of influential research, this book thoroughly examines perfectionism:
how it develops, its underlying mechanisms and psychological costs, and how to target it …

▪ Abstract Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have emerged as the predominant eating
disorders. We review the recent research evidence pertaining to the development of these …

The aims of the present review are to apply a recent risk factor approach (HC Kraemer et al.,
1997) to putative risk factors for eating disorders, to order these along a timeline, and to …

This paper reviews the characteristics of clinical perfectionism and proposes a new
definition of the phenomenon. It is suggested that the defining feature of clinically significant …

This practical resource provides an evidence-based framework for treating clients struggling
with perfectionism, whether as the main presenting problem or in conjunction with …

Personality traits have been implicated in the onset, symptomatic expression, and
maintenance of eating disorders (EDs). The present article reviews literature examining the …

Clinical experience suggests that perfectionism can impede the successful treatment of
psychological disorders. This review examines the concept of perfectionism, critically …

This article begins with a brief review of the current literature on the structure and
measurement of perfectionism. It is concluded from this review that two major types can be …